New York City And Los Angeles Locations Announced for HATSUNE MIKU MAGICAL MIRAI 2013 J-POP CONCERT Film
World’s Most Popular Virtual Pop Singer Celebrates Her Birthday with a Thrilling Live Concert from Yokohama, Japan Source: MediaLab press release Special Thanks to Erik Jansen Live Viewing Japan, a distribution company focused on bringing Japanese entertainment media to an international audience, has announced the New York City and Los Angeles theatre locations that will screen the East and West Coast premieres of the HATSUNE MIKU MAGICAL MIRAI 2013 CONCERT on August 31st. This special film celebrates the 6th birthday of the world’s renowned virtual idol, Hatsune Miku, by capturing a special commemorative live concert scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 30th at the Yokohama Area in Yokohama, Japan. The film will presented to U.S. fans and J-Pop lovers the next day in this special delayed broadcast film premiere. New York City Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003 (212) 505-5181 Date: August 31st, 2013 Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM Tickets: $20 Available at: brownpapertickets.com/440667 Los Angeles The Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 617-1033 Date: August 31st, 2013 Time: 11:00AM - 1:00PM Tickets: $20 Available at: brownpapertickets.com/440640 Hatsune Miku, whose name means, “first sound of the future,” is based on an innovative singing synthesizer software character and is the most popular of the Character Vocal Series software originally created by Crypton Future Media, Inc. using Yamaha’s technology. In Japan, Hatsune Miku is a major phenomenon that grew out of fan-created songs. She has appeared in numerous popular video games and music videos. She’s also played several enthusiastic “concerts,” where she performs on with a live band. Miku played her very first live concert in the U.S., MIKUNOPOLIS IN LOS ANGELES, at the Nokia Theatre for the 2011 Anime Expo in Los Angeles, CA. The show sold out in only 4 hours, further underscoring the growing substantial popularity she enjoys in North America. To-date, over 100,000 original songs have been written for Hatsune Miku by both fans and professional musicians and composers. The pop diva will also be team up with design house Louis Vuitton for an upcoming 3D Hatsune Miku opera, titled THE END, that will feature no human singers and is scheduled to take place at the Theatre du Chatelet Opera House in Paris on November 13th and 15th, 2013
The HATSUNE MIKU MAGICAL MIRAI 2013 CONCERT film will screen in New York City and Los Angeles on August 31st. Image courtesy of MediaLab. © 2013 Crypton Future Media, Inc.